SOUTH COAST UK FLYPAST - 1990 - 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE B.O.B.

[Phil Perry]

 

Both aircraft powered by Rolls Royce Engines.

 

. . . No particular reason for posting this today,. . .I'ts just a nice picture.

 

 

[kgwilson]

I imagine the Concord was flying as close to stall as it could safely get & the Spitfire was going pretty hard for them to stay together. The AoA difference is pretty dramatic.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

I imagine the Concord was flying as close to stall as it could safely get & the Spitfire was going pretty hard for them to stay together. The AoA difference is pretty dramatic.

Yes KG, I giggled at that Concord AOA too ! I'm wondering if there were passengers aboard the Concord during this event, as I watched one at RAF Cosford Airshow back around that time, . .it did two low passes along the runway crowd line, once quite slowly with the gear lowered,. .then a second one,. . going a 'BIT' Faster ! ! ! It powered into an amazing climb at the end of the display and the sound was delicious ! The CAA stopped all RPT aircraft doing 'Airshows' when loaded with grockles at some point around that time. . ., due to the Helath and safety concerns. . . It was ' Formation Escorted ' away from the show by the Red Arrows. . . .Brilliant day was that. . .

 

( Must check with Wiki to see what date the CAA stopped airliners 'Performing' we had a 747 do it's 'Stuff' in previous years. . . )

 

 

[planedriver]

It powered into an amazing climb at the end of the display and the sound was delicious ! )

It let the all older folks in the area know that their hearing was still working!

I always loved the earsplitting crackle sound when a VC10 was close to V2 with the engines developing twice the power of QE2 they say, but at somewhat different RPM's.

 

The BAC Lightning doing a vertical climb was another good one, if noise turns you on.

 

 

[Deskpilot]

A more equal flight/AoA sample. Sorry for the watermark but was the only version I could find.

 

 

 

 

[Phil Perry]

It let the all older folks in the area know that their hearing was still working!I always loved the earsplitting crackle sound when a VC10 was close to V2 with the engines developing twice the power of QE2 they say, but at somewhat different RPM's.

The BAC Lightning doing a vertical climb was another good one, if noise turns you on.

When I was a teen. . .a Marshall 200 watt stack with my Gibson guitar plugged into it used to turn me on. . .although not so much for the neighbours !

 

Yes, I agree,. . .I've seen the EE Lightning do that, and actually sat in a 2 seat training one whilst it was happening. . . .( 14 year old air cadet, being terrified, crapping myself and being sick at the same time - I found the later Chipmunk rides to be a lot less frightening !. . . ) I was then a 'Gee Force Virgin'. . . Ouch. What a peculiar feeling that is, . .. the first time you experience it. . .

 

 

[Phil Perry]

A more equal flight/AoA sample. Sorry for the watermark but was the only version I could find.[ATTACH=full]49863[/ATTACH]

If you'd spoken to Red One, through to Red Nine afterwards, . . . I'll bet that they all said that they'd rather have been flying the Spitfire ! !

 

 

[Deskpilot]

It let the all older folks in the area know that their hearing was still working!I always loved the earsplitting crackle sound when a VC10 was close to V2 with the engines developing twice the power of QE2 they say, but at somewhat different RPM's.

The BAC Lightning doing a vertical climb was another good one, if noise turns you on.

Whilst the Lightning in a vertical clime (from take off) turns you on, you'd absolutely wet yourself with 24/5 of them taking to the skies at 0200hrs on a fully armed scramble. They started from a standing start at the end of the runway, parked at an angle on the side of the runway. I was mid way down the line. Only sounds were the Houchins (Ford straight 6 powered generators) plugged into most of them. A few had the old type battery trolleys, one of which didn't separate and got towed down the runway until it finally let go and was smashed to pieces at the side of the runway. Suddenly, engines were started and the planes shot forward, in no particular order, disconnecting them selves for their power supplies (except the one), turned a few degrees went to full throttle and hit reheat. Up to three abreast, the following one not waiting for turbulence to die down. Did the ground move, you bet it did. WONDERFUL, awe inspiring. Following their blue cones of 'fire' up into the sky we saw the lights of Beverley come on below them as residents were woken from their sleep.

 

That was one very long, cold night, but one I'll never forget.

 

Ex 19, 23 & 74 Sqdns.